===== eix =====

An excellent, fast tool that negates the need to use ''emerge'' to search for packages.

To install simply

<code>
emerge -av app-portage/eix
</code>

==== Syncing with eix ====

You can use ''eix'' to synchronise portage and layman overlays by adding the following line to ''/etc/eix-sync.conf''

<code>
echo '*' >> /etc/eix-sync.conf
</code>

To actually perform the sync and update the ''eix' database simply

<code>
eix-sync
</code>

If you want to search all Layman overlays with eix for available packages then simply

<code>
eix-remote update
</code>

Now ''eix'' will tell you what overlay packages that meet your search criteria are from.